| Hot masa-based drink |
ATOLE |
| Innie's opposite |
OUTIE |
| Jumble |
MIX |
| Lecture with blackboard illustrations |
CHALKTALK |
| Like a head-cocked-to-one-side look |
QUIZZICAL |
| Like desert climates |
ARID |
| Like fizzless soda |
FLAT |
| Lost focus on the task at hand |
SPACED |
| Machine with a rinse stage |
WASHER |
| Make a choice |
OPT |
| Makeshift lair for a housecat |
BOX |
| Manta, for example |
RAY |
| March Madness org |
NCAA |
| Member of a podcast's audience |
LISTENER |
| Moo ___ pork |
SHU |
| National Mall trees |
ELMS |
| Navigate a black diamond run |
SKI |
| Organism that makes dough rise |
YEAST |
| Outside of the city |
RURAL |
| Payment promise |
IOU |
| Person who comes to the rescue |
HERO |
| Prefix for 'physical' or 'game' |
META |
| Publication with the column 'Dear Prudence' |
SLATEMAGAZINE |
| Reusable kitchen wipe |
RAG |
| Rose Maxson in 'Fences,' e.g |
LEADROLE |
| Scary movie feeling |
DREAD |
| She/her/___ |
HERS |
| Shed tears |
WEEP |
| Sheds tears |
CRIES |
| Slender fish |
EEL |
| Slow-cooker dish |
STEW |
| Small battery |
AAA |
| Source of torment |
BANE |
| Spot for young'uns at a family dinner |
KIDSTABLE |
| Super-duper |
ULTRA |
| Take a breath |
INHALE |
| Teeter-totter |
SEESAW |
| Two-dimensional quantity |
AREA |
| Type of routine with cleanser and toner |
SKINCARE |
